tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772619710184512965.post-8229365504423623942007-08-18T11:10:00.000Z2007-12-01T10:59:07.517Z<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Victoria County History for Worcestershire</strong><br /></span>Follow links to the Online Victoria County History for Worcestershire. The VCH includes the history (and often pictures) of churches in each parish.<br /><a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Worcestershire History Centre<br /></span></strong>Although The History Centre is aimed at family historians, there are also sources available for some local history research. The History Centre holds microfilm and microfiche copies of Worcestershire records and sometimes for surrounding counties as well as some national records. Selected sources relevant to church history include:<br />Local maps<br />Trade and clerical directories<br />Local newspapers.<br />Parish and non-conformist records<br />Wills and other probate records<br />Cemetery and crematoria records<br />The Worcestershire Photographic Survey<br /><a href="http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-history-centre"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-history-centre</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Worcestershire County Record Office (WCRO) – County Hall Branch</span></strong><br />This is where original records are to be found, where parochial papers can be accessed, and where all the material held by the WCRO as the Diocesan Record Office, is kept.<br /><a href="http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-head-quarters"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-head-quarters</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Burney Drawings</span></strong><br />A superb online picture gallery of the pen and ink drawings of eighteenth century artists E. F. &amp; T. F. Burney, which includes many pictures of Worcestershire churches.<br /><a href="http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-records/wcc-records-burney-watercolours.htm"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-records/wcc-records-burney-watercolours.htm</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Church Plans Online</span></strong><br />The Incorporated Church Building Society was founded in 1818 to provide funds for the building and enlargement of Anglican churches throughout England and Wales. It was the principal voluntary Society for promoting the building and restoration of churches throughout the most active period of church building since the Middle Ages. The ICBS archive was deposited in Lambeth Palace Library between 1974 and 1990.<br /><br />The archive includes over 15,000 files relating to applications by parishes for grants from the Society. Some 12,300 plans are included in these files which, in some instances, are the only surviving evidence for the layout of the church before restoration. Where the church has since been demolished, it may be the only extant plan.<br /><a href="http://www.churchplansonline.org/"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.churchplansonline.org/</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">National Monuments Record</span></strong><br />The National Monuments Record (NMR) is the public archive of English Heritage. In the archive they hold over 10 million historic photographs, architectural and archaeological reports, plans and other items related to the historic environment of England. The NMR staff can help people interested in their local history, or those with a more general interest in the history of England.<br /><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1530"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1530</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>National Churches Trust<br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.historicchurches.org.uk/"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.historicchurches.org.uk/</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Chapels Society</span></strong><br />seeks to foster public interest in and knowledge of the architectural and historical importance of all places of worship and their related structures in the United Kingdom, loosely described as Nonconformist.<br /><a href="http://www.britarch.ac.uk/chapelsoc/"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.britarch.ac.uk/chapelsoc/</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Ecclesiological Society</span></strong><br />A website which includes a very useful list of organisations relating to church buildings<br /><a href="http://www.ecclsoc.org/organisations.html"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.ecclsoc.org/organisations.html</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Request.org.uk</span></strong><br />An educational website aimed at key stages 2,3 and 4 (14+), but full of interesting information about church buildings of all denominations.<br /><a href="http://www.request.org.uk/main/churches/churches.htm"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.request.org.uk/main/churches/churches.htm</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Building Conservation</span></strong><br />A website published by © Cathedral Communications Limited. Most of the articles on this website are reproduced from past editions of The Building Conservation Directory and Historic Churches<br /><a href="http://www.buildingconservation.com/index.htm"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.buildingconservation.com/index.htm</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Building History</span></strong><br />This site provides an overview of sources for all types of ecclesiastical buildings<br /><a href="http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Church/"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Church/</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Parish Mouse</span></strong><br />This site contains transcriptions of a number of parish registers, historical books and directories. All the transcriptions have been made from the original books. Many parishes also have a photo album of the church and graves; Worcestershire is particularly well covered.<br /><a href="http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/worcestershire"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/worcestershire</span></strong></a>wdhcthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994075804686424209noreply@blogger.com